Some provided fun facts about their work, while others set the record straight on various misconceptions about their area of research. The challenge was being able to narrow down entire fields of study, or years of research into a single interesting tweet.

If you could have the entire world know just one thing about your field of study, then what would it be? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MyOneScienceTweet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MyOneScienceTweet</a>

We can engineer bacteria to do cool stuff, but still nothing compared to what microbes are already doing inside of you. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MyOneScienceTweet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MyOneScienceTweet</a> <a href="https://t.co/grMgw7x7CY">https://t.co/grMgw7x7CY</a>

We have no idea what 96% of the universe is made of - and that's exactly what makes it so exciting and fun! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MyOneScienceTweet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MyOneScienceTweet</a> <a href="https://t.co/nrvxEf2VM8">https://t.co/nrvxEf2VM8</a>

You benefit from the findings of climate science every day, whether or not you believe humans are causing climate change <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MyOneScienceTweet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MyOneScienceTweet</a> <a href="https://t.co/9Tcm7hXPFY">https://t.co/9Tcm7hXPFY</a>